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COLORED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having skin rich in melanin pigments
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
black (of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
Example:
amber-colored heads of grain
Synonyms:
colored; colorful; coloured
Classified under:
Similar:
liver; liver-colored (having a reddish-brown color)
metal-colored; metal-coloured; metallic-colored; metallic-coloured (having a metallic color)
monochromatic; monochrome; monochromic; monochromous (having or appearing to have only one color)
calico; motley; multi-color; multi-colored; multi-colour; multi-coloured; multicolor; multicolored; multicolour; multicoloured; painted; particolored; particoloured; piebald; pied; varicolored; varicoloured (having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly)
neutral-colored; neutral-coloured (having a color that does not attract attention)
olive-colored; olive-coloured (having the color of green olives)
orange-colored; orange-coloured; orange-hued (having the color of ripe oranges)
orange-flowered (having orange flowers)
pale-colored; pale-hued (having a pale color)
pastel-colored (having pale delicate colors)
peach-colored (having the color of a ripe peach)
polychromatic; polychrome; polychromic (having or exhibiting many colors)
purple-flowered (having purple flowers)
red-flowered (having red flowers)
roan ((used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey)
rose-colored; rosy-colored (having a rose color)
rust-colored (having the brown color of rust)
silver-colored (having the color of polished silver)
straw-colored; straw-coloured (having the color of dry straw)
tawny-colored; tawny-coloured (having a tawny color)
trichromatic; trichrome; tricolor (having or involving three colors)
violet-colored; violet-coloured; violet-flowered (having a violet color)
violet-purple (light violet and dark purple)
crimson; flushed; red; red-faced; reddened ((especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion)
bay ((used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color)
bichrome; bicolor; bicolored; bicolour; bicoloured; dichromatic (having two colors)
black; blackened ((of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood)
blue-flowered (having blue flowers)
brightly-colored; brightly-coloured (having a bright color)
buff-colored; buff-coloured (having a buff color)
chestnut-colored; chestnut-coloured (having the brown color of chestnuts)
chocolate-colored; chocolate-coloured (having the color of dark chocolate)
cinnamon-colored; cinnamon-coloured; cinnamon colored; cinnamon coloured (having the color of cinnamon)
cinnamon-red (red tinged with cinnamon)
cream-colored; creamy-colored; creamy-white (having the color of fresh cream)
dark-colored; dark-coloured; dusky-colored; dusky-coloured (having a dark color)
dun-colored; dun-coloured (having a dun color)
fawn-colored; fawn-coloured (having the color of a fawn)
flame-colored; flame-coloured (having the brilliant orange-red color of flames)
flesh-colored; flesh-coloured (having a bright red or pinkish color)
garnet-colored; garnet-coloured (having the color of garnet)
ginger; gingery ((used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color)
gold-colored; gold-coloured (having the color of gold)
honey-colored; honey-coloured (having the color of honey)
indigo (having a color between blue and violet)
lead-colored; lead-coloured (having the color of lead)
Attribute:
color; coloring; colour; colouring (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect)
Antonym:
uncolored (without color)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(used of color) artificially produced; not natural
Example:
a bleached blonde
Synonyms:
bleached; colored; coloured; dyed
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Favoring one person or side over another
Example:
a decision that was partial to the defendant
Synonyms:
biased; colored; coloured; one-sided; slanted
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
partial (showing favoritism)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb color
Context examples:
A dark green to black colored, crystalline inorganic compound that produces toxic gases upon heating.
(Nickel Sulfide, NCI Thesaurus)
The tree’s amber-colored resin is used in incense.
(Boswellia serrata, NCI Dictionary)
A green to black colored, inorganic compound that turns yellow and produces toxic gases upon heating.
(Nickel Monoxide, NCI Thesaurus)
A green or yellow colored, crystalline inorganic compound that produces toxic gases upon heating.
(Nickel Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)
No wolf was ever colored like him.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Many colored varieties are semiprecious stones.
(Crystalline Silica Quartz, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The researchers surveyed retinal ganglion cells, which integrate signals from cone cells and transmit information about color to the brain, by measuring their responses to different colored lights.
(New color vision pathway unveiled, NIH)
Derived from a cross between a Chinese hamster and a Syrian hamster, with a golden-colored coat.
(Chinese Syrian Gold Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder in which a person is born without part or all of the iris (colored tissue at the front of the eyeball).
(Aniridia, NCI Dictionary)
The coat is colored in a merle or black/tan pattern.
(Catahoula Leopard Dog, NCI Thesaurus)
